Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Remembrance Day: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the annual revenue raised through VAT charged on Remembrance wreaths purchased by (a) local authorities, (b) schools and (c) community organisations.

3 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Remembrance Day: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review VAT rules to ensure that (a) the purchase of wreaths and (b) other purchases made in support of charitable remembrance activities are not subject to VAT.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Animals: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to review the use of (a) confidentiality clauses and (b) NDAs in consumer redress agreements involving alleged (i) harm or (ii) injury to animals.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Animals: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of consumer protections for customers whose animals are injured during paid (a) grooming or (b) veterinary services.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Shops

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has provided to local authorities on the investigation of injuries sustained by companion animals during commercial grooming appointments.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Shops

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that grooming services offered by pet retail chains are subject to adequate (a) welfare standards and (b) inspection regimes.

3 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Contract Compliance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to allow people to report (a) poor performance and (b) untidy workmanship from Government contractors.

3 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Public Opinion

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of public confidence in Government-backed net zero projects.

31 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will establish a judge-led inquiry into the RAF Chinook ZD576 crash on the Mull of Kintyre on 2 June 1994.

30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will review the current appeals process for NHS prescription penalty charges to ensure that reasonable discretion is applied in cases of (a) genuine mistake and (b) hardship.

30 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Public Places: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on securing public spaces from unauthorised drone activity; and whether her Department provides funding to local authorities for local coun

30 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Unmanned Air Systems: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government provides funding for research into (a) detection and (b) attribution techniques to (i) identify malicious drone operations quickly and (ii) support criminal (A) investigation an

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing (a) registration, (b) geofencing and (c) remote identification requirements for (i) drones and (ii) drone components in order to imp

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department has allocated to the research and development of non-lethal and lawful counter-drone technologies in the last five years.

30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential deployment of military counter-unmanned aerial vehicle capabilities for civil purposes.

30 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Unmanned Air Systems: Public Places

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) legal and (b) operational guidance her Department has issued to police forces on the lawful use of (i) signal jamming, (ii) electronic disruption, and (iii) kinetic interception measures to t

30 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of drone-related incidents reported to the police by type of incident for each of the last five years.

30 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Unmanned Air Systems: Public Order and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the risk from small unmanned drones to (a) public order and (b) public safety.

30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hepatitis and HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) demography and (b) regional locations of new diagnoses of (i) HIV, (ii) hepatitis B and (iii) hepatitis C.

30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hepatitis and HIV/AIDS: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the NHS emergency department opt-out testing programme on early diagnosis rates for (a) HIV, (b) hepatitis B and (c) hepatitis C.

30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

First Aid: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS of staff being required to undertake duplicate First Aid training when working across multiple NHS trusts.

30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

First Aid: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a (a) national standard and (b) mutual recognition framework for First Aid training across NHS trusts.

30 Oct 2025 · Home Office

National Police Air Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many operational bases the National Police Air Service maintains; and what changes to the base network are planned for the next two years.

30 Oct 2025 · Home Office

National Police Air Service: Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many aircraft are currently operated by the National Police Air Service by (a) type and (b) operational status.

30 Oct 2025 · Home Office

National Police Air Service: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total budget allocation for the National Police Air Service was in each of the last five financial years.

30 Oct 2025 · Home Office

National Police Air Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the National Police Air Service in meeting its strategic objectives since its establishment.

30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the extent of regional disparities in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.

29 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken in the (a) processing and (b) payment of pension lump sums for teachers retiring at the end of the academic year.

29 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with (a) private and (b) allied training providers on increasing pilot training capacity.

29 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fully qualified RAF pilots are available for front-line deployment; and how many pilots would be required for full operational capability.

Source: official written-questions record.